Well, since Darius has said they were out-schemed against the Panthers, I would hope they have a defensive team meeting with the coaches, where the coaches explain the scheme, what the players were supposed to do, and most importantly, how the players were supposed to know what they were supposed to do.  Because if the players cannot understand the scheme, or if the scheme is too difficult, then they have to come up with a new scheme.

I know we play a "gap-control" defense, where all the players have to cover their gap, or else it's a disaster, but what I would like to know is, how easy is it for the opposing team to lure players out of their gaps?   Because Myles Jack has said that it was at least partially his fault on McCaffrey's long TD run, but from what I saw, Jack was moving to cover the TE.  Is motioning the TE and having him run behind the LOS post-snap all it takes to lure Jack out of his gap?  Was he supposed to cover the TE?  Why did he go with the TE on that play?  

I'm a little baffled by this defense that, according to the coaches, requires perfect gap control, when it appears that the Panthers so easily lured our defenders out of their gaps.

AND, if the supposedly great players on our defense cannot stay in their gaps, are there any second stringers who CAN stay in their gaps?

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